---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000714395-24-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GABC"
cik: "0000714395"
company_name: "GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T04:23:47.741884+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# German American Bancorp names Scott Powell Chief Credit Officer; Leinenbach retiring Apr 1

## Summary
- Keith Leinenbach retires as EVP and Chief Credit Officer effective April 1, 2024 after 24 years with the company.
- W. Scott Powell appointed as new EVP and Chief Credit Officer, taking over on April 1, 2024.
- Powell previously served as Regional Credit Officer; joined via First Security Bank acquisition in 2018.
- Company states this is the final step in management succession planning implemented over several years.
- Powell brings nearly 34 years of commercial risk and banking experience from community and national banks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000714395-24-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GABC
- cik: 0000714395
- company_name: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439524000018/0000714395-24-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439524000018/gabc-20240304.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000714395-24-000018
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000714395-24-000018.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000714395-24-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  W. Scott Powell was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer
  source text: appointed W. Scott Powell as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, which appointment shall become effective on April 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439524000018/0000714395-24-000018-index.htm
- Executive change
  Keith A. Leinenbach departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer
  source text: will retire from such office effective April 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439524000018/0000714395-24-000018-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.